jpdb beta

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

2

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

1

warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment

1

Shanghai cuisine

1

to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

1

to look forward to something

1

Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours

1

field of bamboo grass

2

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

4

one's original family name; maiden name

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

2

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

2

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

2

to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

1

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1

liking; taste; choice

1

being upright and cleanhanded

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

1

married woman; another's wife

1

falling in love; attachment

1

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

2

member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces

1

Japan Coast Guard; JCG

1

family lineage

1

to be prolonged; to drag on

1

heir; heiress; inheritor; successor

1

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

1

second son

1

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

the future; future prospects

1

Shanghai (China)

1

to be dispersed; to get separated

1

distant relative

1

overseas Chinese

1

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

1

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

1

even now; still; as yet

1

crybaby; blubberer

1

Hotarubashi

1

to call each other; to call out to one another

1

surname; family name; last name

3

marriage

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

1

frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge

1

niece

1